Join us on the Equinox to celebrate and set intentions in creating & evolving a regenerative future.

On Friday the 21st of March we will be gathering in Queanbeyan with all who are committed to repatterning towards communities who care for each other and our planet.

Learn together about the potential of regenerative practice and the power of Story of Place
Caring for our communities and ecologies in our bioregions through the Bioregional Institute
How we might be able to create affordable lives through the SUN Villages by rethinking how we approach housing and community living

This gathering will take place on unceded land and we acknowledge the Traditional Owners who have cared for this place for over 60,000 years. We pay our respects to the Elders past and present.

What to expect:

Friday 21st March (Online and Face-to-Face in Queanbeyan)

Arrive from 5pm for 5:30pm start

5:30pm - 7:30pm

Acknowledgement of Country and Opening
Learn about Storying Place and how this will contribute to the development of a Canberra/Queanbeyan Bioregional Institute
Learn about SUN Villages - a housing model designed to resolve our housing crisis and create thriving communities
Discuss the potential of working regeneratively, together
Explore how you want to contribute to the community and join in the work of lives to create a regenerative future for all living being

7:30pm Potluck Dinner - if you're wanting to contribute feel free to bring something - there will be enough for all to share food and connect

Saturday 22nd March

Arrive 9am for 9:30am start (Face-to-Face in Queanbeyan)

9:30am - 12pm

Exploring the socio-ecological foundations of Canberra/Queanbeyan to being the journey in understand the essence of place
Deepening collective knowledge through story sharing of what makes Canberra/Queanbeyan uniquely significant

12pm - 12:30pm Lunch

12:30 - 1:30pm Hybrid (f2f and online) Closing Circle and Wrap-up

Bioregional Institute

The Bioregional Institute will be the home of the regenerative community in your place. It will take communities, industries, business, governing bodies and education beyond sustainability, in co-operative model partnership. It will enable regenerative action through integrated research and practice. These will be networked across the country, creating the physical homes for the Regen Places Network. Each local Bioregional Institute will be co-created through the Story of Place process.

Regen Places Network

Regen Places Network is dedicated to creating the conditions for a world where both nature and people work together to create more life. We work towards regeneration to restore our connection with the nature, ourselves, and our communities.

Our mission is to enable individuals and communities to integrate regeneration into their everyday lives through community-driven initiatives, and collaborative efforts. By 2030, we aim to develop 20,000 leaders, creating a network of convenors and communities across Australia and beyond.

SUN Villages

The SUN Villages model is a peer-funded housing initiative designed to address the Australian housing crisis while offering investment security. It aims to create state-of-the-art eco-villages that promote financial stability, ecological sustainability, and social well-being.

More about Storying Place

Over 2025 there will be fortnightly gatherings around the country through Regen Places Network to deeply understand where we live, so we can thrive and not just survive.

Why Storying Place?

Deepen understanding: It helps people understand how Canberra/Queanbeyan came to be so we can better relate to where we live.
Cohesive Communities: A commitment to listening from the heart to Country and First People's truth-telling and taking action in solidarity for all communitites on our shared planet.
Informed Decisions: Understanding Canberra/Queanbeyan's patterns in the ecosystem and underlying social dynamics enable future actions to be in right relationship with the ecology and across communities.
Sense of Belonging: Creating a shared story while enabling the diversity of cultural stories to flourish will strengthen connection to the land and each other.
Care for Nature: Building our relationship with the local ecology promotes stewardship and care for Nature. We are nature and when we care for nature she cares for us.

Storying Place is about weaving together the past and present to recognise the potential of Canberra/Queanbeyan to create thriving communities that value all life.

We will do this by answering the following questions together:
What makes Canberra/Queanbeyan uniquely significant?
How does Canberra/Queanbeyan work?
What nourishes Canberra/Queanbeyan?
What does Canberra/Queanbeyan provide for other places to nourish them?
What is Canberra/Queanbeyan capable of becoming?

By understanding the essence of place, we will co-create a Bioregional Institute that will continue to bring diverse people to collaborate to care for the Canberra/Queanbeyan region.